The C 230 Kompressor Sports Coupé is an automobile from Mercedes-Benz, with rear wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
The C 230 Kompressor Sports Coupé forms part of Mercedes-Benz's CL 203 model series.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft supercharged powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2.3 litres. For this model it provides power and torque figures of 190 bhp (193 PS/142 kW) at 5300 rpm and 280 Nm (207 lbft/28.6 kgm) at 2500-4800 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels by means of a 5 speed automatic gearbox.
Quoted kerb weight is 1425 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 233 km/h, which equates to 145 mph, and carbon dioxide emissions are 245.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2715 mm | 106.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1493 mm | 58.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1464 mm | 57.6 inches | |
| Length | 4343 mm | 171 inches | |
| Width | 1728 mm | 68 inches | |
| Height | 1406 mm | 55.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.6 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1425 kg | 3142 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 69 litres | 15.2 [18.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | supercharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.3 litre 2295 cc (140.049 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 90.9 × 88.4 mm
3.58 × 3.48 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.03 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
193 PS (190 bhp) (142 kW) at 5300 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
280 Nm (207 ft·lb) (28.6 kgm) at 2500-4800 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
61.7 kW/litre 83.9 ps/litre 82.8 bhp/litre 1.36 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
122 Nm/litre
1.47 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bo HFM fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1533.2 kPa (222.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6000 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 573.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | S/Charged | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 7.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 20.7 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 16.1 s
@ 87 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | 29.2 s
@ 182 km/h |
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| Maximum speed | 233 km/h (145 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 135.19 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 99.43 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 133.33 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.06 kg/kW 16.8 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 245.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 10.80 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.3Li.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 7J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 195/65 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 195/65 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.83 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.27 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 100133 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | CL 203 | ||
| RAC rating | 20.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2000 Mercedes-Benz C 230 Kompressor Sports Coupé Automatic added 2002-10-22. Last modified 2013-03-02. |
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